Chapter 0905

Chapter 0905

Maximus sipped his coffee, his thoughts elsewhere. In just few hours, he would see Diana–they had agreed to visit Peter and Celeste together. Originally, they had planned to go in the morning, but a last–minute issue had come up for Diana, so they decided to visit them during lunch instead. Maximus had already called Peter to check on them and make sure they had everything they needed.

But right now, his biggest concern was Paul. Ever since they had returned from the Maldives, the boy had been different–distant, withdrawn. Maximus knew things hadn’t gone as Paul had hoped, but that was part of life. Relationships could be amazing, or they could be a complete disaster. Unfortunately, this time, it had been the latter.

Maximus was lost in thought when he was abruptly interrupted by Laura, who walked in carrying little Adele.

“What’s wrong, Dad?” she asked, curious.

“Hmm?” Maximus blinked, snapping out of his thoughts.

“You look deep in thought. Your mind isn’t here,” she said, concern in her voice.

“Oh… it’s Paul. Ever since we got back from the Maldives, he’s been… well, I don’t know how to put it.”

“Sad?”

“I don’t know if that’s the right word, but things didn’t go the way I expected. I actually thought we’d stay there longer, but as soon as we arrived, we practically turned right back around.”

“What do you think happened?”

“Paul hasn’t talked much about it, but I suspect Nadia wasn’t what he imagined.”

“What makes you think that?”

noticed some things. We both had a feeling about her… a bad feeling.

exactly did you

intuition, but something was off. She was sweet, sure, but the way she treated Paul didn’t feel right. Honestly, it seemed like she was with him for

daughter

realize something and not feel comfortable telling me?‘ he

think

Dad, it’s just a guess. But I do know this–if things had gone well, he’d be over the moon. And he’s not. I have a strong feeling he was seriously let down by

and kind. He’ll find someone else. This

Paul looks a lot like Mom. He got

a slow

had inherited Alexia’s beauty.

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not just hers.

were traits in Paul that didn’t belong to

his

truth. But now, Alexia was gone. There was no

never known who Paul’s father was. And he didn’t want this secret to come back to

truth was far from what

had never forgotten about him.

spent years trying to convince Alexia to let him meet his son. But she, just like Maximus, believed that if Pierre had never been

peace.

[Versailles, France]

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